TP ICAP set to acquire Louis Capital Markets and MidCap Partners

Maria Nikolova

The initial consideration for the acquisition is $21 million in cash payable at completion, with deferred non-contingent consideration of $6 million to be paid over two years, and a further $17 million of consideration that may be payable dependent on the performance of the business over three to five years.

TP ICAP PLC (LON:TCAP) today announces the proposed acquisition of Louis Capital Markets and MidCap Partners, a private brokerage group specialising in equities and fixed income, primarily based in Europe.

The initial consideration for the acquisition is $21 million in cash payable at completion with deferred non-contingent consideration of $6 million that will be paid over two years. There is a further $17 million of deferred contingent consideration that may be payable dependent upon the performance of the business over three to five years. Finally, there is potential additional consideration via a profit share dependent upon the performance of the business. These subsequent payments will be satisfied through cash payments.

TP ICAP anticipates the acquisition to be earnings accretive from the first year of acquisition on an underlying basis and from the second year on a reported basis.

The transaction is set to be completed in the first quarter of 2020 and is subject to customary completion deliverables and certain other customary commercial conditions as well as regulatory approval by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in the United States and other relevant regulators.

Louis Capital operates in London and Paris, with other offices in New York, Hong Kong and Tel Aviv. The group has 77 front-office employees and specialises in cash equities and equity derivatives, fixed income and small cap advisory services. Michael Benhamou and Patrice Cohen who founded and led Louis Capital will remain as senior management.

For the year ended December 31, 2018, Louis Capital posted pre-tax profit of $4.3 million. At the end of December 2018, it had gross assets of $35.4 million.

Nicolas Breteau, CEO of TP ICAP, commented:

“Louis Capital’s strong brand and breadth of equity, equity derivatives and fixed income products complement our existing offering and strengthen TP ICAP’s position in Continental Europe “

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